At mid-point, reports from the Doha climate change conference don’t sound encouraging.
A Le Monde reporter describes a meeting with no energy where several delegates have told him that, despite the seriousness of the issue, they just “don’t have their heart in it.” John Broder, in his New York Times "Green" blog, also refers to the conference’s “typical doldrums.” Much of the discussion has been about money: how much will be
raised by developed nations and transferred to poorer nations to help
with adjustments to the impacts of climate change. So far, discussions have been at lower, more technical levels. Today things move up to the political level as ministerial delegations start to arrive.
The conference ends Friday.
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